Tag: Robert Livingston the Founder
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Janet Montgomery Spills the Tea
Forebear Predicted Revolution by Rex McVitty October 11, 1965 Today we read another article by Rex McVitty in which he quotes from Janet Livingston Montgomery’s remembrances, as recorded by her niece with a little bit of editing by Rex. Janet Montgomery lived now with her real parents at Clermont and she was enjoying life with…
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Scots on Livingston Land
On April 16, 1746, an army of 5,400 Scottish Highlanders, who had rebelled against the British Hanoverian king to support Charles Stuart’s claim to the throne of England, stood across Culloden Moor from an army of 9,000 British regular soldiers commanded by the Duke of Cumberland. The two sides exchanged cannon fire. At 1:00…
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“NI MI E MA’S URRAIN DHOMH”
Robert Livingston, the first Livingston in America, had been born in Scotland, raised in the Netherlands and, after a short stay back in Scotland, emigrated. The Livingston family had been in Scotland for centuries at that point, but the story of Robert’s ancestors is neither simple nor straightforward. The Highland Livingstons certainly have the longer…
Clermont State Historic Site 